Nour Al-Jaal

“Ramadan was over. We celebrated, we exchanged gifts, and Navid devoured the contents of our entire kitchen.”
― Tahereh Mafi, A Very Large Expanse of Sea

“Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives--or to find strength in a very long one.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“He, of course, very politely took their side, insisting that he didn’t mind, and my mother asked him again if he wanted more tea and he said no, thank you, and she poured him more tea anyway, and she asked him if he wanted more food and he said no, thank you, and she filled four large Tupperware containers with leftovers and stacked them in front of him.”
― Tahereh Mafi, A Very Large Expanse of Sea

“I'm the oldest," began Meg, but Jo cut in with a decided, "I'm the man of the family now Papa is away, and I shall provide the slippers, for he told me to take special care of Mother while he was gone.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women